Locket



Oct. 7 1924. 1.511,109

J. COSTELLO L0 CKET Filed June 21. 1923 Patented Oct. 7, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN COSTELLO; OF PROVIDENCE, RI-IODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR, OF ONE-I-IALF T0 OSIEB MANUFACTURING CQMIEANY. OF PRO'VIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

LOGKET.

Application filed June 21, 1923.

T0 all whom 2 t may concevm Be it known that I, JOHN Cosrnmm, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented nev; and useful Improvements in a Locket, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a loc-ket and it has for its primary object to produce such an article of jewelry wherein the hinge is practioally concealed, or is flush With the outer surface of the locket.

The invention further relates to a nove hinge construction wherein the internal flange of the body forms a part thereof.

In the drawings 1- Figure 1, is a plan view of the locket open with the cover in cross section;

Figure 2, is a transverse sectional view through the closed locket, about on line 2-9 of Figure 1;

Figure 3, is a detailed sectiona]. view on line 8 8 through the hinge; and

Figure 4, is a detailed perspective of the hinge plate and knuckle carried by the cover.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, the shell of the locket comprises two complemental sections 1 and 2, the former constituting the bottom or body and the latter the top 01' cover therefor. The design of the locket is here depicted as being polygonal, although it can be of other shapes. Within the body section 1 is fitted a flange 3 Which is secured at spaced points, as by solder 4:, and also by the carrying ring 5 whose shank is passed through perforations in the body wall and the flange and then swaged as is olearly depicted in Figure 1. The ring 5 thus funetions in a dual capacity in that it assists in seouring the flange within the body Wall as Well as providing ameans for attaching a carrying chain or ribbon. The flange is pressed inwardly ai; one side to form a knuckle-receiving portion 6 and lateral bearings 7 Which are closed by the body wall, the latter being out avvay opposite the portion 6, as indicated at 8.

A hinge plate 9 is secured against the inner Wall of the cover section 2 and has a part 10 shaped to form a knu0kle whieh operates in the out out 8. The pintle or pivot pin 11 is passed through the knuckle Serial No. 646,847.

1. A locketcomprising a body and a oover therefor, a flange fitted within the body so as to project above its edge and to be reeeived by the cover when closed, said flange having a portion spaced from the adjacent wail portion of the body and pressed to forrn a knucklemeceiving portion and lateral bearings, a knuckle carried by the cover, and a pivot pin passing through che knuckle and having its opposite ends engaged in the lateral bearings oi the flange where they are retained by the opposing adjacent Wall portions of the body.

2. A locket oomprisng a body and a cover therefor, a flange fitted within the body so as to projeot above its edge and to be received by the cover when closed, a carrying ring having a shank portion passed through perforations in the body and flange and serving to hold the latter in po sition, said flange having a portion spaced from the adjacent Wall portion of the body and pressed to form a knuekle-receiving portion and lateral bearings a knuckle carried by the eover, and a pivot; pin passing through the knuckle and having its oppo- Site ends engaged in the ]ateral bearings of the flange where they are retained by the opposing adjacent wall portions of the body.

3. A locket comprising a sbell formed o complementari sections having meeting edges, a flange carried by one section so as to close the joint between the seotions, a hinge knuckle carried by the companion section, and a hinge pin passed through the knuokle and having its opposte ends secured between the flange and the adjacent wall portion of the flange-carrying section.

4. A locket comprising a shell formed of complementari sections having meeting edges, a flange carried by one section so 218 1'20 c0se the joint: betwen I'B sectons, sa l flange having spaced bearhrrgs pressed nwardly from the Wfl1 of the secton and closed thereby, a pivot mo unted in the bearngs, and a hinge carried by the conxpanon section and engaging about the pin between the bearings.

In testnmny Whereof I h'ave signed my nume to this specificacion in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN COSTELLO.

Vitnesses S. N. BARRY, J. A. MTLLECR. 

